The Deportes Tolima Courier
Squad15 Mar 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anderson Angulo
120 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportes Tolima lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match13 Mar 2027
Still nobody has beaten Deportes Tolima
The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market15 Mar 2027
Deportes Tolima promote Miguel Falcao from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Falcao has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market15 Mar 2027
Deportes Tolima promote Edwin Borja from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Edwin Borja has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Rafael Quintero joins the Deportes Tolima first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafael Quintero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Mar 2027
Deportes Tolima promote Sergio Mina from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Mina has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Pablo Torres
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Junior Hernández stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.35 on the card, and the Deportes Tolima support went home talking about one name.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Bryan Rovira has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Deportes Tolima will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Player ratings Yhormar Hurtado was unplayable
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Bryan Rovira does not fit this one